Pontikonisi

{{Short description|Islet near Corfu, Greece}}

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|name = Pontikonisi

|native_name = Ποντικονήσι

|native_name_lang = el

|image_name = Pontikonisi Island.jpg

|image_caption = The islet of Pontikonisi

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|map = Greece Corfu

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|location = Mediterranean Sea

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|area_ha = 1

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|country = Greece

|country_admin_divisions_title = Region

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|country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Regional unit

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|country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Municipality

|country_admin_divisions_2 = Corfu

|population = Uninhabited

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Pontikonisi ({{langx|el|Ποντικονήσι}}, "Mouse Island") is a Greek islet near the island of Corfu. Its prominent feature is a Byzantine chapel of Pantokrator, dating from the 11th or 12th century.{{Cite web|title = Pontikonisi Island and the Church of Pantokrator|url = http://realcorfu.com/pontikonisi-island-and-the-church-of-pantokrator/|access-date = 2015-06-19|publisher = Real Corfu|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171021003321/http://realcorfu.com/pontikonisi-island-and-the-church-of-pantokrator/|archive-date = 2017-10-21|url-status = dead}}

The island of Pontikonisi might have served as an inspiration for Arnold Böcklin's painting Isle of the Dead.Harrison, Max (2005), [https://books.google.com/books?id=HwSvhu1kLikC&q=Harrison+AND+Rachmaninoff Rachmaninoff], Continuum International Publishing Group, pg 159.